Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on access scanning

Alan Cox
2008-08-05T12:57:26Z

> Much better solution:

And one which was found lacking about 1950...

> Problem solved. Untrusted and possibly-compromised files can't be
> executed, or even if they could be they can't do anything

Two things
- Scripts
- Attacks based on compromising a live binary

You can use SELinux to control what is executed and it is a very
effective management control technique. However it doesn't control
javascript in web pages, exploits that popen perl and chat to it and so
on...